Four days later, at noon on April 23, the northeast was looking eastward.

After circling a few times, the fighters of the Liang Xia Navy flew into the air and flew away towards the west.

In the distance, on the sea antenna, several masts have already appeared.

Although it is more than 20 kilometers away, it can be identified through a telescope, it is a warship of the Liangxia Navy, because only the battleships of the Liangxia Navy will install an air defense warning radar on the top of the mast. Depending on the dimensions of the radar, that would certainly be several battleships.

Because the radar antenna was too bulky, the radar was mounted on the rear mast or on the auxiliary bridge on the Nuland.

After staring at the fighter jet in the distance for a while, Spark couldn't help but sigh.

Although it was not for him to give orders, it was for him to give orders.

On the flight deck of the "Ethiopia", to be precise, at the front of the flight deck, dozens of carrier-based aircraft are neatly placed.

Nearby, the same is true of the four small aircraft carriers belonging to Task Force 52, which are placed at the front of the flight deck, which is in a state of recovery operation.

Because the front end of the flight deck was occupied, carrier-based aircraft could not rise from the aircraft carrier.

In addition, other warships in the fleet are also in a "non-combat" state.

The barrels of the main guns of large battleships were in a horizontal position, and they were covered with gun jackets. The muzzles of the secondary guns were pointed to the rear, and the gun jackets were also put on. As for the anti-aircraft guns, the gun emplacements were all open, the barrels were horizontal, the gunners were inside the battleship, and the nearby hatches were all closed.

For ease of viewing, the edges of the hatch are painted a striking yellow.

In this way, as long as someone opens the hatch and comes out of the battleship, even if it is more than ten kilometers away, the pilot of the reconnaissance plane can see it.

Of course, all battleships, as required, turned off their electronics, with the exception of shortwave stations.

Among them is definitely radar.

All of this was done according to the requirements of the Liang Xia fleet.

Spu knew that around the fleet, there were several carrier-based reconnaissance planes that specialized in surveillance missions, and it could also be seaplanes carried by escort warships.

The pilots on these planes were definitely monitoring the battleship on the surface of the sea with binoculars.

In addition, the Liangxia battleships on the west side that were heading towards this side were all ready for battle and could open fire after receiving orders.

As long as the Newland battleships dared to act rashly, the main guns of those battleships would have a chance to exert their power.

As expected, behind those Liangxia battleships, there were dozens of carrier-based aircraft with torpedoes and bombs hovering at low altitudes.

About half an hour later, the assault formation of the Liang Xia Navy arrived.

At the head of the list are 6 "South Zhuhai" class fast battleships.

In fact, this is also the first time that Spark has seen such a powerful battleship to date at such a close distance.

Although there are also 6 fast battleships in the 3rd Fleet commanded by Spu, of which 4 of the "Nanda" class are post-treaty fast battleships that were commissioned not long ago, the gap between the two is so large that it is clear at a glance compared with the "Nanzhuhai" class of the Liang Xia Navy.

The most obvious is the size.

The length of the hull, the height of the mast and the size of the superstructure, etc., next to the majestic "Nanzhuhai" class, the "Nanda" class did not look like a battleship at all.

Of course, the gap isn't just about appearances.

Don't look at Spud's ability to command aviation operations, but he served on cruisers for more than 20 years before being reused and becoming commander of the task force.

If anything, the "South Zhuhai" class of the Liangxia Navy is a real post-treaty type fast battleship.

If you have to make a comparison, the "Nanda" class corresponds to the "Turbidity" class abandoned by the Liangxia Navy, which is still a treaty-type fast battleship.

The most important embodiment is actually in the design ideas.

The most prominent feature of the treaty-type battleship in the design is that the standard displacement is first determined, and then according to the technical equipment that can be selected, the navy determines the specific tactical performance indicators, and after weighing and making trade-offs, comes up with a detailed design plan.

Because the tonnage is limited, there is no way to be perfect.

As a result, treaty battleships will always have flaws of one kind or another, giving the impression of a fly in the ointment.

For example, the "North Carolina" class of the Newland Navy, because it needs to achieve a fast speed, increases the length of the hull, resulting in insufficient longitudinal stability, and the foredeck will be seriously up-wave when sailing fast, and in some speed ranges, there will also be violent vibrations that endanger the safety of the structure.

In addition, the armor protection of the "North Carolina" class simply did not reach the level of battleships, and was about the same as that of battlecruisers.

The design flaws also exist in the "Nanda" class.

The difference is that in view of the problems exposed by the "North Carolina" class, especially the weak protection, the "Nanda" class has gone to the other extreme, that is, to shorten the length of the hull as much as possible.

A fast battleship with a standard displacement of almost 38,000 tons, the length of the hull is comparable to that of a heavy cruiser in the early 10,000s.

The most serious problem caused by this was not the speed of less than 28 knots, but the narrow deck area, which made it impossible to deploy too many anti-aircraft guns.

With a maximum speed of just over 27 knots, it is already doomed that the "Nanda" class is not an ideal air defense warship.

It is precisely because of this that Spu made four "Nanda" class ships form the 53rd task force, and it is still two "North Carolina" class ships that provide air defense cover for the "Ethiopia".

Relatively speaking, the "South Zhuhai" class of the Liangxia Navy does not have these problems.

Because of the greatly relaxed tonnage, the "Nanzhuhai" class ships are more than 260 meters long, not only have a speed of more than 30 knots, but also have a huge deck.

There is no doubt that the "South Zhuhai" class itself was designed according to the standards of air defense warships.

Of course, it cannot be denied that it has a strong combat capability against the sea.

Whether it is 9 55 times diameter 400 mm main guns, or 8 twin 130 mm secondary guns, and 2 gun-aiming radars with clear purposes, they all surpass the "Nanda" class, and even more powerful than the "Yihua" class that is still under construction, and it is definitely the strongest fast battleship today.

The key is that there are 6 of them!

Of course, there are actually 8 ships, and the other 2 ships are in the Sunset Ocean Fleet.

In addition, the third type of fast battleship of the Liangxia Navy, the legendary "Muahai" class, has already begun, and the number of the first batch of construction is as high as 8.

According to the information obtained by Spu, the standard displacement of the "Muahai" class exceeds 50,000 tons!

Not to mention the specific configuration, just this tonnage is enough to crush all the current fast battleships.

The key is that in the case of comparable tonnage, the combat effectiveness of the capital ships of the Liangxia Navy has always been the first in the world. It can be said that he has always been chased and never surpassed.

Obviously, in the battle within the field of vision, the fast battleship is still invincible.

Not to mention anything else, just the strong sense of oppression generated by the six "South Zhuhai" class ships can make the officers and men of the Nuland Navy feel that it is difficult to breathe.

The gap between the fast battleships of the two sides is enough to prove that the Nuland Federation is no match for the Liangxia Empire with all its might.

The gap between the two sides in the industrial field is actually not as difficult as many Nulanders think.

To put it simply, in the case of full mobilization, the Nuland Federation is only on par with the Liang Xia Empire, which has not yet carried out full-scale war mobilization.

If the Liangxia Empire is fully mobilized, the industrial production capacity can be increased by at least 3%.

This gap cannot be bridged in any other way.

Defeated in the hands of Liang Xiajun, in fact, it was not unjust at all.